A SPANISH AUTHORESS.—HOW THE DOCTOR OBTAINED HER WORKS FROM
MADRID.—THE PLEASURE AND ADVANTAGES WHICH THE AUTHOR DERIVES FROM HIS
LANDMARKS IN THE BOOKS WHICH HE HAD PERUSED.
ALEX. _Quel es D. Diego aquel Arbol,
que tiene la copa en tierra
y las raizes arriba?_
DIEG. _El hombre._
EL LETRADO DEL CIELO.
CHAPTER CCXVII.—p. 182.
SOME ACCOUNT OF D. OLIVA SABUCO'S MEDICAL THEORIES AND PRACTICE.
_Yo—volveré
A nueva diligencia y paso largo,
Que es breve el tiempo, 's grande la memoria
Que para darla al mundo está á mi cargo._
BALBUENA.
CHAPTER CCXVIII.—p. 193.
THE MUNDANE SYSTEM AS COMMONLY HELD IN D. OLIVA'S AGE.—MODERN
OBJECTIONS TO A PLURALITY OF WORLDS BY THE REV. JAMES MILLER.
_Un cerchio immaginato ci bisogna,
A voler ben la spera contemplare;
Cosi chi intender questa storia agogna
Conviensi altro per altro immaginare;
Perchè qui non si canta, e finge, e sogna;
Venuto è il tempo da filosofare._
PULCI.
CHAPTER CCXIX.—p. 203.
THE ARGUMENT AGAINST CHRISTIANITY DRAWN FROM A PLURALITY OF WORLDS
SHEWN TO BE FUTILE: REMARKS ON THE OPPOSITE DISPOSITIONS BY WHICH MEN
ARE TEMPTED TO INFIDELITY.
—_ascolta
Siccome suomo di verace lingua;
E porgimi l'orecchio._
CHIABRERA.
CHAPTER CCXX.—p. 211.
DOÑA OLIVA'S PHILOSOPHY, AND VIEWS OF POLITICAL REFORMATION.
_Non vi par adunque che habbiamo ragionato a bastanza di questo?—A
bastanza parmi, rispose il Signor Gaspar; par desidero io d'intendere
qualche particolarita anchor._
CASTIGLIONE.
CHAPTER CCXXI.—p. 220.
THE DOCTOR'S OPINION OF DOÑA OLIVA'S PRACTICE AND HUMANITY.
_Anchor dir si potrebber cose assai
Che la materia è tanto piena et folta,
Che non se ne verrebbe à capo mai,
Dunque fia buono ch'io suoni à raccolta._
FR. SANSOVINO.
INTERCHAPTER XXV.—p. 242.
A WISHING INTERCHAPTER WHICH IS SHORTLY TERMINATED, ON SUDDENLY
RECOLLECTING THE WORDS OF CLEOPATRA,—“WISHERS WERE EVER FOOLS.”
Begin betimes, occasion's bald behind,
Stop not thine opportunity, for fear too late
Thou seek'st for much, but canst not compass it.
MARLOWE.
CHAPTER CCXXII.—p. 245.
ETYMOLOGY.—UN TOUR DE MAÎTRE GONIN.—ROMAN DE VAUDEMONT AND THE LETTER
C.—SHENSTONE.—THE DOCTOR'S USE OF CHRISTIAN NAMES.
_Πρᾶγμα, πρᾶγμα μέγα κεκίνηται, μέγα._
ARISTOPHANES.
CHAPTER CCXXIII.—p. 259.
TRUE PRONUNCIATION OF THE NAME OF DOVE.—DIFFICULTIES OF PRONUNCIATION
AND PROSODY.—A TRUE AND PERFECT RHYME HIT UPON.
_Tal nombre, que a los siglos extendido,
Se olvide de olvidarsele al Olvido._
LOPE DE VEGA.
CHAPTER CCXXIV.—p. 269.
CHARLEMAGNE, CASIMIR THE POET, MARGARET DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE,
NOCTURNAL REMEMBRANCER.—THE DOCTOR NOT AMBITIOUS OF FAME.—THE AUTHOR
IS INDUCED BY MR. FOSBROOKE AND NORRIS OF BEMERTON TO EJACULATE A
HEATHEN PRAYER IN BEHALF OF HIS BRETHREN.
_Tutte le cose son rose et viole
Ch' io dico ò ch' io dirò de la virtute._
FR. SANSOVINO.
CHAPTER CCXXV.—p. 275.
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